What’s At Stake

Guide to Metal Plating The metal plating process involves creating an outer coating of nickel, copper, chromium or other metal to inhibit corrosion or to enhance the appearance of the parent metal. It is usually done by immersing the metal in an acid solution with an anode electric current and cathode. The material to be plated is made by the cathode (negative electrode) of an electrolysis cell through which a direct electric current is passed. The solution or bath contains the required metal in an oxidized form (either as a complex ion or equated cation). The anode is usually […]